By: Keerthi Mohan
Elite police commandos were on guard outside Sri Lanka’s supreme court on Tuesday (13) as judges deliberated whether a shock call for early elections was constitutional, more than two weeks into the island nation’s political crisis. President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday (9) dissolved parliament and called snap elections for January 5, two weeks after firing the prime minister. The moves sparked international alarm and supporters of the sacked premier, as well as a member of the election commission on Monday (12), filed legal challenges. “We have several units of the STF (Special Task Force) reinforcing hundreds of constables,” a senior police official…
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